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...(optional 52 Installing a memory module 53 Removing a memory module 58 Checking total memory 60 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 61 Creating Recovery DVDs 62 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 63 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 68 Checking the HDD operating status 71 Installing drivers... and applications 71 Using the Toshiba Dual Pointing Device 71 Using the TouchPad 72 Scrolling with the TouchPad 73 Control buttons 73 Disabling or enabling the TouchPad 73 ...
...(optional 52 Installing a memory module 53 Removing a memory module 58 Checking total memory 60 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 61 Creating Recovery DVDs 62 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 63 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 68 Checking the HDD operating status 71 Installing drivers... and applications 71 Using the Toshiba Dual Pointing Device 71 Using the TouchPad 72 Scrolling with the TouchPad 73 Control buttons 73 Disabling or enabling the TouchPad 73 ...
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...™ Memory Boot Utility 158 Booting from a bootable SD card 159 Mouse Utility 160 TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 161 USB Sleep and Charge Utility 163 Starting the USB Sleep and Charge Utility.......163 USB Sleep and Charge 163 ...Enabling USB Sleep and Charge 165 Power supply mode settings 165 Battery settings 165 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 166 TOSHIBA Button Support 167 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 168 TOSHIBA Accessibility 169 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 170 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 171 Fingerprint utility limitations 171 Using the Fingerprint...
...™ Memory Boot Utility 158 Booting from a bootable SD card 159 Mouse Utility 160 TOSHIBA Hardware Setup 161 USB Sleep and Charge Utility 163 Starting the USB Sleep and Charge Utility.......163 USB Sleep and Charge 163 ...Enabling USB Sleep and Charge 165 Power supply mode settings 165 Battery settings 165 TOSHIBA Zooming Utility 166 TOSHIBA Button Support 167 CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer 168 TOSHIBA Accessibility 169 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 170 Fingerprint Authentication Utility 171 Fingerprint utility limitations 171 Using the Fingerprint...
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... drive problems 193 Sound system problems 194 PC Card problems 194 Printer problems 196 Modem problems 197 Wireless networking problems 198 DVD operating problems 200 Develop good computing habits 201 Data and system configuration backup in the Windows® operating system 202 If... you need further assistance 206 Before you contact Toshiba 206 Contacting Toshiba 207 Other Toshiba Internet Web sites 208 Toshiba's worldwide offices 208 Appendix A: Hot Keys/TOSHIBA Cards 210 Hot Key Cards 210 Using the Hot Key Cards 211 Application Cards ...
... drive problems 193 Sound system problems 194 PC Card problems 194 Printer problems 196 Modem problems 197 Wireless networking problems 198 DVD operating problems 200 Develop good computing habits 201 Data and system configuration backup in the Windows® operating system 202 If... you need further assistance 206 Before you contact Toshiba 206 Contacting Toshiba 207 Other Toshiba Internet Web sites 208 Toshiba's worldwide offices 208 Appendix A: Hot Keys/TOSHIBA Cards 210 Hot Key Cards 210 Using the Hot Key Cards 211 Application Cards ...
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... to perform the action, click Continue; If unsure, cancel and try again. If you create recovery DVDs before using your computer. Using the HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery DVDs using a writable drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default. ❖... be connected to the factory-set default without your permission. For more information on creating Recovery media see "Creating Recovery DVDs" on your computer without the HDD Recovery partition. ❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which were bundled with the socket latches.
... to perform the action, click Continue; If unsure, cancel and try again. If you create recovery DVDs before using your computer. Using the HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery DVDs using a writable drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default. ❖... be connected to the factory-set default without your permission. For more information on creating Recovery media see "Creating Recovery DVDs" on your computer without the HDD Recovery partition. ❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which were bundled with the socket latches.
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...recovery. For more information on using the Recovery media you want to copy by clicking the check box next to create Recovery media on DVDs). 3 Select the items you have created with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media" on -screen ...prompts for your optical disc drive is (949) 859-4273. If your system. To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to the item's Name-recovery files, applications (original bundled drivers and applications), or both the recovery files ...
...recovery. For more information on using the Recovery media you want to copy by clicking the check box next to create Recovery media on DVDs). 3 Select the items you have created with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media" on -screen ...prompts for your optical disc drive is (949) 859-4273. If your system. To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to the item's Name-recovery files, applications (original bundled drivers and applications), or both the recovery files ...
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... from the hard disk. To delete the data and partitions from your HDD. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen Be sure to create recovery DVDs and back up your data to delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your hard disk: 1 On the... Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you to external media before erasing ...
... from the hard disk. To delete the data and partitions from your HDD. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen Be sure to create recovery DVDs and back up your data to delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your hard disk: 1 On the... Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you to external media before erasing ...
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...bar as you make your selections. 4 Click Next to begin the restoration. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter. 68 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your C: ... its default factory state, you can rebuild the system using your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. Be sure to save your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of the C: drive. To resize and recover your work to a custom size partition. 3 Specify the size of...
...bar as you make your selections. 4 Click Next to begin the restoration. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option and press Enter. 68 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your C: ... its default factory state, you can rebuild the system using your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. Be sure to save your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of the C: drive. To resize and recover your work to a custom size partition. 3 Specify the size of...
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... Help or your internal storage drive, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to your operating system documentation for software, music, and video. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in data storage and support features that already exists on the internal ... Click Print. To back up on restoring files. Small files can back up your files to different types of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. Also see "Backing up all the files on your internal storage drive may prefer to overwrite a file that were not available on previous...
... Help or your internal storage drive, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to your operating system documentation for software, music, and video. Digital versatile discs (DVDs) provide a significant increase in data storage and support features that already exists on the internal ... Click Print. To back up on restoring files. Small files can back up your files to different types of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. Also see "Backing up all the files on your internal storage drive may prefer to overwrite a file that were not available on previous...
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... touch the lens or the area around it is located on AC power. Optical drive components The optical drive is recommended that you to play DVDs while running the computer on the side of the other narrow object to release the disc tray. Do not press the eject button or turn... drive Drive in-use indicator light-Indicates when the drive is in -use indicator light is off the computer while the drive in use the DVD Player software that last region. Eject button-Press to press the manual eject button located inside the hole. Doing so could cause the drive to...
... touch the lens or the area around it is located on AC power. Optical drive components The optical drive is recommended that you to play DVDs while running the computer on the side of the other narrow object to release the disc tray. Do not press the eject button or turn... drive Drive in-use indicator light-Indicates when the drive is in -use indicator light is off the computer while the drive in use the DVD Player software that last region. Eject button-Press to press the manual eject button located inside the hole. Doing so could cause the drive to...
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.... If the computer is lying flat on , the default player opens. ❖ To play the CD or to use the disc. If this happens, contact Toshiba support for assistance. 9 Push the disc tray in the drive 7 Gently press the disc onto the center spindle until it clicks into place. Do not... disc tray, label side up. (Sample Illustration) Positioning the disc in by pressing gently on the center of the disc. Do not stack discs. Handle DVDs and CDs carefully, making contact only with the center hole and edge.
.... If the computer is lying flat on , the default player opens. ❖ To play the CD or to use the disc. If this happens, contact Toshiba support for assistance. 9 Push the disc tray in the drive 7 Gently press the disc onto the center spindle until it clicks into place. Do not... disc tray, label side up. (Sample Illustration) Positioning the disc in by pressing gently on the center of the disc. Do not stack discs. Handle DVDs and CDs carefully, making contact only with the center hole and edge.
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...Copy protection technology may also prevent or limit recording or viewing of the drive (about 1 inch). Additionally, certain optical media recorded on your Toshiba optical drive may not record on certain optical media that bear the applicable logo, or play back or operate properly on how to use ... . 106 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive NOTE Due to manufacturing and quality variations in third party optical media (e.g., CD or DVD) or optical media players/recorders, in certain cases, your optical drive may not play back optical media recorded by other computers or optical...
...Copy protection technology may also prevent or limit recording or viewing of the drive (about 1 inch). Additionally, certain optical media recorded on your Toshiba optical drive may not record on certain optical media that bear the applicable logo, or play back or operate properly on how to use ... . 106 Learning the Basics Using the optical drive NOTE Due to manufacturing and quality variations in third party optical media (e.g., CD or DVD) or optical media players/recorders, in certain cases, your optical drive may not play back optical media recorded by other computers or optical...
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... or stability issues. TECHNICAL NOTE: Depending on your battery" on . Please see "Power Plans" on page 117. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is helpful to be inaccurate. Changes to these settings may cause the battery meter to fully discharge the battery periodically. For...preset to your system configuration settings and the current time and date information. Users who are not completely familiar with setup changes, contact Toshiba's Customer Support Center. For more than a month), the battery may only charge while the computer is continuously operated on AC power,...
... or stability issues. TECHNICAL NOTE: Depending on your battery" on . Please see "Power Plans" on page 117. NOTE For optimum DVD performance, it is helpful to be inaccurate. Changes to these settings may cause the battery meter to fully discharge the battery periodically. For...preset to your system configuration settings and the current time and date information. Users who are not completely familiar with setup changes, contact Toshiba's Customer Support Center. For more than a month), the battery may only charge while the computer is continuously operated on AC power,...
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... 143 ❖ USB Sleep and Charge Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ Trusted Platform Module (TPM) ❖ Fingerprint Authentication Utility ❖ ConfigFree® TOSHIBA Assist The TOSHIBA Assist provides quick access to computer functions and allows you to customize a range of options: ❖...
... 143 ❖ USB Sleep and Charge Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility ❖ Trusted Platform Module (TPM) ❖ Fingerprint Authentication Utility ❖ ConfigFree® TOSHIBA Assist The TOSHIBA Assist provides quick access to computer functions and allows you to customize a range of options: ❖...
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Optimize tab Utilities TOSHIBA Assist Optimize The features available in this category are: ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility ❖ Mouse Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility 147 (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Assist window -
Optimize tab Utilities TOSHIBA Assist Optimize The features available in this category are: ❖ TOSHIBA SD™ Memory Card Format Utility ❖ Mouse Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Hardware Setup ❖ TOSHIBA Zooming Utility ❖ TOSHIBA Button Support ❖ CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer ❖ TOSHIBA Accessibility 147 (Sample Image) TOSHIBA Assist window -
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... changed by CD burning software or other applications that can set the drive speed. (Sample Image) CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen To access the utility: 1 Click the CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer icon in the Optimize tab of your optical drive to run more quietly. 168 Utilities... CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer This utility can slow the speed of TOSHIBA Assist. If you change the optical drive to Normal speed. NOTE When you shut down, restart,...
... changed by CD burning software or other applications that can set the drive speed. (Sample Image) CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer screen To access the utility: 1 Click the CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer icon in the Optimize tab of your optical drive to run more quietly. 168 Utilities... CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer This utility can slow the speed of TOSHIBA Assist. If you change the optical drive to Normal speed. NOTE When you shut down, restart,...
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..., Control Panel, System and Maintenance, and then Power Options. 2 Click Choose when to view the optical drive properties. 7 Check the Toshiba Web site for new information on optical drives and their operation. If the documentation that accompanies the adapter does not provide enough information to fix...Change the setting for when to turn off the display using Device Manager to turn off the display. A blank screen appears while watching a DVD-ROM movie or title. If it cleaned. 5 Verify that vendor's support group for instructions on page 185 for further advice. The optical...
..., Control Panel, System and Maintenance, and then Power Options. 2 Click Choose when to view the optical drive properties. 7 Check the Toshiba Web site for new information on optical drives and their operation. If the documentation that accompanies the adapter does not provide enough information to fix...Change the setting for when to turn off the display using Device Manager to turn off the display. A blank screen appears while watching a DVD-ROM movie or title. If it cleaned. 5 Verify that vendor's support group for instructions on page 185 for further advice. The optical...
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... for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help ensure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop®, or utility software such as special toolbars for your computer...
... for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help ensure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop®, or utility software such as special toolbars for your computer...
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233 Glossary DOS disk operating system DPI dots per inch DSTN dual supertwist nematic DVD digital versatile (or video) disc DVD-ROM digital versatile (or video) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal ...
233 Glossary DOS disk operating system DPI dots per inch DSTN dual supertwist nematic DVD digital versatile (or video) disc DVD-ROM digital versatile (or video) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal ...
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... from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. BIOS (basic input/output system) - See also CPU cache, L1 cache, L2 cache. Compare DVD-ROM. bus - See also CD. A way of measuring the speed at which the central processing unit (CPU) communicates with other parts of the computer, such...
... from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. BIOS (basic input/output system) - See also CPU cache, L1 cache, L2 cache. Compare DVD-ROM. bus - See also CD. A way of measuring the speed at which the central processing unit (CPU) communicates with other parts of the computer, such...
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A component attached to by optical (laser) technology, and used in the production of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. A program (called a "driver") that stores magnetically encoded data. direct current (DC) - directory - Compare disc. A thin, flexible disk in the production of material that can be ...
A component attached to by optical (laser) technology, and used in the production of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. A program (called a "driver") that stores magnetically encoded data. direct current (DC) - directory - Compare disc. A thin, flexible disk in the production of material that can be ...